Ontario County Public Health (OCPH) said it's investigating a possible case of locally-acquired hantavirus. OCPH says there's no connection to the current cruise ship infections, and no risk to the general public.

For some experts, the outbreak is raising broader concerns about how equipped the U.S. is to respond to future infectious disease threats.

North Carolina is home to one of just 13 specialized pathogen response centers in the country designed to prepare for rare infectious disease threats and quarantine patients like those infected with hantavirus after a cruise outbreak.

Arkansas public health officials are monitoring developments involving a rare hantavirus outbreak tied to a cruise ship, though they say there are no reported c

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says three people who were exposed to a person with hantavirus are under observation at the University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City, Kansas.

Ontario County is investigating a suspected case of locally acquired hantavirus, according to a release from Kate Ott, the county's public health director.

Ontario County is investigating a suspected hantavirus case in Hopewell, New York, but says there is no public risk.

A hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship has left three people dead and several others sick. Health officials in Arizona, California, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia and Washington are monitoring residents for potential infections.